[BillGsa]

I thought I had it figured out, not today

 

[Toter]

I have to laugh at this thread. So much complaining about how a piece of software is ruining their lives. Ask specific questions and people will answer them. Then you learn. I am into photography and post-processing software is not the easiest or simplest user interface to master. But, I don't go on my Nikon forum and lament about the software. I ask questions to learn to use it effectively. Powerful software is rarely simple to operate, but, once learned is a great tool. Follow your Iphone if you like, until there is no service. Then, good luck.

 

[DaveFromDenver]

Without the expression of dissatisfaction, product improvement would be much slower. So many products are gone forever as a result of a manufacturer’s pigheaded attitude that either customers work with it or don’t. What I don’t get, is there are so many expressions of dissatisfaction about Basecamp, yet they continue to market standalone motorcycle GPS models that ostensibly require its use. All the smart phone routing applications are living testimony to the fact that software can be developed that is quite user-friendly. If Garmin developed such software for the motorcycle GPS, they could take away a major purchasing objection.

David

 

[GrayBeard]

Basecamp is pretty feature rich but what is off-putting to a lot of people is the way you interact with it. In software terms, it uses an awkward mode oriented interface. You interact with it by first selecting the mode you want to use (grabber hand, route tool, etc) and then perform the action you wanted. I've been using Basecamp for years and I still mess up trying to click or drag something while in the wrong mode for what I want to do. For me this is the main source of frustration. Having spent a lot of my career designing and implementing user interfaces for complicated systems I'm going to say this was designed by a particularly unimaginative old-school software engineer that made his life easy in the development without regard to how we've all be taught to interact with maps by Google. But as I've said previously, if you can just surrender to the mode oriented interface, you'll find a lot of power there for designing an adventure.

Based upon all the recommendations, I've just signed up for the full REVER product and will spend some time learning and using that to see if I can do what I need to do with it. I need to be able to manage and manipulate tracks as well as create routes, waypoints, and POIs in my trip package. We'll see....

 

[BillGsa]

Yesterday I went on Google maps and made 2 test routes. I used the draw a line method & used plenty of dots. Most of the roads I used were barely wide enough for 2 vehicles so I had to zoom in tight to see them on the map.
Once they were done I exported them to a KMZ file.
Next I opened Base Camp connected my GPS & click on City Navigater map
then download the KMZ file to my collection
double click on it and hit create route
sent them to my device…both worked perfectly

 

[GrayBeard]

I may be just missing it Bill but I no longer see a way to export a file from maps.google.com. I'm I just missing it?

I'm on MacOS safari if that makes a difference.

 

[Motormike]

Follow your Iphone if you like, until there is no service. Then, good luck.

No need for that. Just use whatever routing software you like (except Basecamp, of course) and send it to your GPS as a GPX file. I just wasted an hour trying to use Basecamp to plan a 300 mile route. COULD NOT DO IT! (And I've watched all the videos, etc.) Opened up Ride With GPS, routed exactly how I wanted it, and was done in five minutes.

 

[BillGsa]

Maybe different on a mac on mine I click on the 3 dots at the top next to Wardensville to Rt33.
Then export to kmz , not the entire map

 

[BoulderTed]

This may have been covered in this discussion. The main problem is that the Mac OS will not recognize the Zumo XT as an external drive. Basecamp on a Mac also fails to recognize the Zumo XT. After a lot of frustration, I finally got a route from my Mac to my Zumo XT. I used a free file transfer app called Android File Transfer. I opened the app and plugged the Zumo XT into a USB port (using a USB to c adapter for my MacBook that does not have USB). Initially the app messaged "no android device found" but after a few seconds the app recognized the file system in the Zumo XT. I opened the GPX folder and dragged my GPX file into the folder (created from Rever on line but I doubt that matters). Turned the Zumo XT back on, opened the Tracks app and my ride is there, clicked on the ride and the Zumo is ready to go, A lot of steps but next time it should be relatively easy to set up a route. Thank you to the folks that pointed out the Zumo XT is an Android device, something that I did not know.

 

[mikec]

This may have been covered in this discussion. The main problem is that the Mac OS will not recognize the Zumo XT as an external drive. Basecamp on a Mac also fails to recognize the Zumo XT. After a lot of frustration, I finally got a route from my Mac to my Zumo XT. I used a free file transfer app called Android File Transfer. I opened the app and plugged the Zumo XT into a USB port (using a USB to c adapter for my MacBook that does not have USB). Initially the app messaged "no android device found" but after a few seconds the app recognized the file system in the Zumo XT. I opened the GPX folder and dragged my GPX file into the folder (created from Rever on line but I doubt that matters). Turned the Zumo XT back on, opened the Tracks app and my ride is there, clicked on the ride and the Zumo is ready to go, A lot of steps but next time it should be relatively easy to set up a route. Thank you to the folks that pointed out the Zumo XT is an Android device, something that I did not know.

BoulderTed, I was having the same issue you experienced with your Mac. I have a 2019 Macbook Pro and a 2021 Pro and disk recognition just wasn't happening. I took the advice from a gentleman on another forum and killed Garmin's Web Updater and reinstalled it. Now, both Macs link up. It might be worth a try.

Mike